world population

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    * The growth rate of the world's population appears to have peaked around 1970, when the annual rate of growth was 2.09 percent.

    * By 1980, annual population growth was down to 1.73 percent, and by 1990 to 1.7 percent.

    * By 1995, the annual increase had slowed even more to 1.5percent.

    • omg, you just don't understand, do you?Nairn
    • ok then please give me your doomsday scenario, I would love to hear it. ??designbot
    • based on actual evidence...not your imagination.designbot
    • Rich coming from an invoker of fantastical entities.

      Nairn
    • Hint: It's got something to do with the nature of rates of growth. http://en.wikipedia.…Nairn
    • But 1.5% of 6.7 billion (2009) is a lot more than 2.09% of 3.7 billion (1970).ETM

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